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On 15 July 2010 22:46, aryakrishnan ramakrishnan <[email protected]>wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sangharsh 2007 <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 5:43 PM > Subject: NAPM condemns Srikakulam firing - Welcomes quashing of > environmental clearance > To: > > > > [image: []] > *NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF PEOPLE'S MOVEMENTS > * > A Wing First Floor, Haji Habib Building, Naigaon Cross Road > > Dadar (E), Mumbai-400 014 Ph. No-2415 0529 E*-mail*: > [email protected] <[email protected]> > * > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > * > ** > ** > > *For Immediate Release July 15th, 2010 * > ** > > *NAPM CONDEMNS BRUTAL KILLINGS AND LATHICARGE ON SRIKAKULAM VILLAGERS * > > ** > > *Welcomes quashing of Sompeta Thermal Plant Environmental Clearance by > NEEA **and SHRC Order calling for withdrawal of police and explanation by > Collector * > > ** > > *Government must scrap PCPIR Proposal and consult people first * > > ** > > National Alliance of People’s Movements strongly condemns the brutal firing > of three villagers and ruthless lathi-charge on hundreds of peaceful > protesters in the Sompeta Mandal of Srikakulm district, resisting the > Thermal Power Project by the Nagarjuna Construction Company, which is to > prove a major threat to the livelihoods of hundreds of farmers, fish workers > and rural artisans and also irreversibly destroy the fragile ecology in the > region. > > It is clear that the act of unjust provocation and violence has been the > working of the goons let out by the company and the police administration. > With a situation of life and death confronted by them, yet determined to > save their lands and livelihoods, the people faced the police, but were > subjected to severe lathicharge and many villagers, including women and > leading persons of the struggle like Krishnamurthy, were overpowered by the > police and thrashed on the road. It is also reported that one woman was > molested during the altercation. > > Responding to an urgent petition filed before it by S. Jeevan Kumar of > Human Rights Forum, Justice B. Subhashan Reddy of the A.P. *Human Rights > Commission yesterday directed the state administration to immediately > (within 10 minutes) withdraw the** two-thousand strong** police > force*deployed in the area > to silence the people’s voices. It also directed the District Collector to > furnish a detailed report on the entire issue by July 16th. After > yesterday’s killings and brutality, another petition has been filed before > the Human Rights Commission today by NAPM and other groups. > > National Convenors of NAPM including Medha Patkar, Sandeep Pandey and > others activists like Shankar Sharma have strongly reacted to the brutality > unleashed on the nature-based communities and shall visit the area soon to > express solidarity with the people and stand by their side in their > assertion for participatory development and livelihood with dignity. Due > to the SHRC intervention and wide-spread support to the people’s struggle, > the police has dared not detain any one in its custody. Along with many > democratic organizations, NAPM (A.P.) has called for a Dharna at Indra Park > in Hyderabad on 17th July to denounce the indefensible firings and a team > including activists Ramakrishnam Raju, Ajay Kumar and Ratnam shall visit the > place on the 18th July. > > The silver lining amidst this dismal scenario is that the National > Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA) today quashed the environment > clearance granted to the Sompeta Thermal Power Plant citing “*concealment of > information and non-disclosure with respect to the nature of the land” as > the reasons. *The NEAA also directed that “*no new power project be > approved in the State of Andhra Pradesh till a survey of all wetlands is > completed*”. > > When the case was listed before the NEAA yesterday, the atrocities were > immediately brought to its notice, since the firing was on even at the time > of the hearing. Mr. ADM Rao, representing NCC stated that the company was > only trying to ‘demarcate the boundaries’ and assured that he will > immediately direct the company to stop all construction. It is an act of > gross misrepresentation that the agro-rich Sompeta Beela and the surrounding > villages have been shown as a barren, degraded waste land and without > any ecological value. > > The people and the locals are deeply anguished by the events, but have > expressed their resolve to strengthen their ‘satyagraha’ and not to budge > even by an inch to give away their lands, their beela and their eco-rich > life system. The statement by the state government that the people should > not come in the way of development is ridiculous and highly unacceptable. > *If development is to flow from the barrel of the gun and be guided by > lathis, resulting only in large scale displacement, destruction of > livelihoods and ecology, threatening agricultural sustainability and food > security, is such development really needed, the people ask? *While on > the other hand, the State is the main cause of the soaring inflation, > putting the ordinary people to intense distress. > > It is also unfortunate that leaders of major political parties who did not, > for once, respond meaningfully to the peaceful struggle of the people in > Sompeta for almost two years are now trying to show sympathy on the dead > bodies, which is nothing more than a vote-gathering exercise. It is also a > known fact that the NCC itself, as is the case with many corporate majors, > has strong political links with some of these parties and it could not have > had its way, without political patronage. > > *We hope the politicians will not play politics in this hour of pain, but > will use this as an opportunity to realise how faulty development policies > can only lead to social unrest and immediately initiate corrective actions, > cutting across party lines.** One major concern in the state is the > proposal to have hundreds of similar thermal plans and SEZs in the ‘Coastal > Corridor’ spread across 9 districts (as part of the PCPIR), which will wreak > havoc across the entire Andhra Coast and displace lakhs of farmers, fish > workers and create irreversible ecological destruction. **NAPM seeks an > urgent political consensus on the PCPIR issue and demands that the entire > Project be scrapped.** *** > > *NAPM also demands the State Government to comply with the SHRC Order and > immediately withdraw the police force, stop all land acquisition and > construction activity for the NCC Plant, compensate the deceased families > and the injured, scrap the PCPIR Project and the undertake mandatory > consultation with every Gram Sabhas, before planning and embarking on any > Project. People affected by hydro and thermal plants in various states > across the country are to meet in Bhopal on the 1st and 2nd August and > shall plan to discuss, raise and address the issues related to politics of > energy vis-a-vis people’s development needs. * > > *Contact for details: * > > Ramakrishnam Raju: 09866787299 (Hyderabad) Madhuresh – New Delhi > (09818905316) Ratnam: 9441319996 (Vishakapatnam) Shrikanth > (09179148973) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > National Alliance of People’s Movements; National Office: Room No. 29-30, > 1st floor, ‘A’ Wing, Haji Habib Bldg, Naigaon Cross Road, Dadar (E), Mumbai > - 400 014; > Ph: 022-24150529 > E-mail: [email protected] > > Delhi Contact : 09818905316 > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Green Youth Movement" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<greenyouth%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. > -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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